Airbus A380: first flight in March 2005

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 16 Oct 2004, 13:26

The news article says that the A380 will be showed to the public on probably the 18th of January 2005 at TLS. However, it also says that the first test flight will be in march 2005.

Source: www.airliners.net

Airbus presenteert A380 half januari

Het Europese vliegtuigbouwconsortium Airbus zal zijn nieuwe reuzenvliegtuig A380 half januari aan het publiek presenteren in Toulouse. Dat heeft topman Noël Forgeard vrijdag gezegd. Tot nu toe was alleen gesproken van "het begin van het jaar".

In kringen van Airbus is vernomen dat de exacte datum 18 januari wordt. De assemblage begon in mei. Volgend jaar maart is de eerste proefvlucht. De A380 biedt plaats aan ten minste 555 passagiers. Volgens Forgeard zal het nieuwe toestel de 747 van de Amerikaanse concurrent Boeing "wegvagen".

Source: http://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=427057&c=30

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 16 Oct 2004, 22:35

Now we only need the exact date for the first flight

I'll try to go if the date is ok.

Chris

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 16 Oct 2004, 23:06

I hope that they make sure the world press will be there together with the airlines waiting for delivery of such magnificent aircraft!

And let’s hope that the awful desperate Boeing won’t make a fuss over anything so Airbus can get some good publicity!

Its just tears my hart to read all these bad publicity Airbus is getting!

/ Cyrus the Virus!

bigjulie · Post by **bigjulie** » 17 Oct 2004, 01:50

It will surely be a grand

sight

to see that big monster of a plane finally take to the skies

MrAirbus wrote: I hope that they make sure the world press will be there together with the airlines waiting for the delivery of such magnificant aircraft !

I would say the world press would indeed be there, as well as several thousand spotters :lookaround: :lookaround:

[ admin note: easy on the smilies please, this isn't the luchtzak pub ]

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 17 Oct 2004, 02:55

http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?2410

This article by netcomposites states a vastly different time frame for fatigue testing and first flight, fatigue testing starts in September 2005, and will last for nearly 26 months, if initial testing is successful then it will be released to service late 2006 , providing the noise levels are met.
I'm not sure what the FAA regs are regarding the fatigue testing, it may require the aircraft to complete the full cycle, or only a partial completion.
Maybe we have an FAA member who can fill in the blanks.
KT

Post by **sn26567** » 17 Oct 2004, 10:26

MrAirbus wrote:Its just tears my hart to read all these bad publicity Airbus is getting because the Americans can’t sell their worthless planes!

MrAirbus, this is pure nonsense. Boeing's aeroplanes are as good as any others. Please refrain from writing such statements without any proof.

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 17 Oct 2004, 10:39

Well, it gives me always a good feeling when a new aircraft takes to the sky, and even more when it is a new type that is beeing introduced.

But the A380 will probably compete with the B747, altough the B747 is another market segment (400 vs. 550 seats). And that means there will be less of my favorite aircraft flying. So I haved mixed feelings about this one, but it are things I can't change and which I need to accept, maybe the A380 will turn out to be a nice aircraft also.

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 17 Oct 2004, 10:52

MrAirbus wrote:And let’s hope that the awful desperate Boeing won’t make a fuss over anything so Airbus can get some good publicity!

What can I say... Hmm yes: "Buy the best plastic, buy Airbus"

Sorry, but what an act of a child. I prefer Boeing but I don't say words like that. Airbus has some nice models (like A318-A319), but if you're going that way, we can discuss hours

greettzzz

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:29

sn26567 wrote:
MrAirbus wrote:Its just tears my hart to read all these bad publicity Airbus is getting because the Americans can’t sell their worthless planes!
MrAirbus, this is pure nonsense. Boeing's aeroplanes are as good as any others. Please refrain from writing such statements without any proof.

I reedited my post! Saturday night was a night with to many “Martini” drinks!

SORRY to offend you Boeing fans!

:cheers:

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 17 Oct 2004, 13:37

This is magnificant news to hear that the A380 will fly in March of 2005. I hope to be a witness of this historical event!! I just can't wait to that day. Let's hope everything goes right and like planned!!

I hope to fly on the A380 soon.

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 17 Oct 2004, 14:22

The sooner it flies the sooner we'll have great pictures. And we'll also finally know if it can be beatiful, or if it'll look as ugly as in primer

Zorba · Post by **Zorba** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:39

I will shure do my best to go to France for that! Must be fantastisc to see this bird get airborne !! 8O

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 17 Oct 2004, 17:47

Is this forum a battleground for the USA Versus the EU?
what a bunch of verbal garbage, Boeing builds excellent aircraft and have since the the 707 introduced in May of 1954 they have sold in excess of 11,000 Commercial Aircraft since then, and that does not include Military versions which adds on an additional 11,000. Airbus also builds excellent aircraft, and have done so do since their inception in 1969, since that date they have built in excess of 3000 and continue to do so. All these figures were obtained from " Janes commercial aircraft" and anyone with the money can buy a subscription. It's only natural to have pride in your countries products, but please refrain from bashing everyone else's countries and products, they are all trying to be the best they can be.

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Oct 2004, 18:08

bits44 wrote: Is this forum a battleground for the USA Versus the EU?

I will answer this question: no! The administrators of this website do their very best to keep political and religious talks far away from this website. And we also don't accept Boeing vs Airbus talks

bits44 wrote:but please refrain from bashing everyone else's countries and products, they are all trying to be the best they can be.

Indeed, and MrAirbus corrected his mishap already and apologized.

DAT202D · Post by **DAT202D** » 02 Dec 2004, 09:04

Hello all !! Check this out... It's a plan from the new A380 with shops, restaurant, etc... very very cool

http://users.adelphia.net/~luv2hang/380.jpg

regi · Post by **regi** » 02 Dec 2004, 09:27

nice picture. But I fear that reality will be more economically pointed: as many seats as possible, no duty free shop or cabins.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 02 Dec 2004, 09:34

Some preliminary pictures of the A380 can also be found at http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/je ... cs01.shtml

Even our fellow colleague has not left his imagination behind. Some fake pictures can be viewed at http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... =37&pos=12

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 02 Dec 2004, 11:49

Some statistics of the A380 orders given by leading airlines. Please note that these are from reliable people and yes a lot of research. But no reliance or liability is assumed.

Air France 10

Emirates 45

Etihad Airways 4

Fedex 10

Korean Air 8

Lufthansa 15

Malaysia 6

Qantas 12

Qatar Airways 2

Singapore Airlines 10

Thai Airways 6

Virgin Atlantic 6

Airbus Industrie has appx 134 orders.

Aviation rocks.

Falcon_900 · Post by **Falcon_900** » 02 Dec 2004, 13:05

Hi!!

It's great tihs plane, but.. isn't it too big?

Maybe the next one we will have a casino, or something like in the bigs transatlantic ships.

But anyway, I like it.

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 02 Dec 2004, 16:31

I suppose we will never see one landing in Brussels...

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